Historically Significant Album with 96 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Troops’ Movements and Maneuvres in the Western Provinces of British India – mostly, in Punjab and Sind (Modern-Day Pakistan), Showing Military Camps, Officers and Soldiers, a Military Train of the North Western Railway, Sialkot (British Cantonment, Clock Tower, Holy Trinity Cathedral, St. James Catholic Church, 0-Mile Monument), Kotri Bridge, Kamoke Railway Station, &c. Ca. 1920s.
[Faulkner, Farr. G.J.?] Album with 189 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of the 13th/18th Royal Hussars’ Military Service on the North West Frontier, Showing Group Portraits of the Regiment’s Officers, Military Marches and Reviews, Cantonments, Khyber Pass, Landi Kotal, Peshawar, Lahore, Attock, Aerial Views of the Himalayas, Nowshera, Jamrud and Attock Forts, Taj Mahal, Delhi, Gilgit Landing Ground, Takht-i-Bahi Ruins near Mardan, Destruction after the 1935 Quetta Earthquake, Robert Baden-Powell in Risalpur. Ca. 1920s-1930s.
Holmes, Randolph Bezzant (1888-1973). Collection of Twenty-One Loose Gelatin Silver Photos of the Operations of British Indian Army during the Waziristan Campaign of 1919-1920, and Showing British Camp in Sorarogha, Military Engineering Works and Roads in Barari Tangi, Hazara Cliff, Zawa Kili Tangi, Hurley’s Corner, Marobi, Piazha Algal River, Bangilawa Tower, Portraits of British Military Commanders, Local Chiefs, Scenes with British Troops Firing Cannons, Taking Part in a Review, &c. Ca. 1919-early 1920s.
Collection of 96 Loose Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Panama, Including US Army Air Base France Field (Airplanes on Tarmac, Base Headquarters, Base Chapel, Bachelors’ Quarters, “France Field Exchange,” Group Portraits of Officers), Colón (Balboa Avenue, Washington Hotel, Municipal Palace), Cristóbal (High School, Fire Station, Union Church, Christ Church by the Sea), Street Scenes, etc. Ca. 1945.
Collection of 24 Vernacular Gelatin Silver Photographs Documenting the 117th Engineer Combat Battalion during the Bougainville Campaign (November 1943 to September 1944), etc. July 1943 - September 1944.
Album with Thirty-Five Large Gelatin Silver Studio Photos of Paraguay, Presented and Signed by the American Ambassador George L. Kreeck to a Noted Writer Frances Parkinson Keyes during her Tour of South America; The Photos Include Views of Buildings and Sites in Asunción, Paraguay Military Regiments, Portraits of Graduates from the Asunción School of Aviation, Elementary Schoolchildren, Paraguayan President José Eligio Ayala, etc. Ca. 1929.
Collection of 38 Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Mining in South America (Santo Domingo Mine, Peru; Concordia Tin Mine, Bolivia), La Paz, Santiago, Cusco, A Jungle River Tour, etc. Ca. 1908.
Boynton, Judd Emery (1912-1983). Historically Significant, Extensive Collection of ca. 180 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken and Collected by a Berkeley Mountaineer and Photographer, Judd Emery Boynton during His Trips in South America in the 1930s, and Showing La Paz, Tiwanaku Pre-Columbian Archaeological Site, Bolivian Andes (Mt. Huayna Potosi, Charquini Glacier), “Bolivian Recruits for the War in the Chaco,” Cordillera Real Mountains, Andean Plateau, Lake Titicaca, Cuzco, Machu Picchu, Sacsayhuaman Citadel and Other Inca Ruins, Rio Pampas, the Cities of Abancay, Ayacucho and Mejorada, Track and Steam Engine of “Ferrocarril Central Andino,” Lima, Quito, Guayaquil, Panama Canal, Portraits of Native Farmers, a Woman from Otavalo, “Chief Huazcar,” “an Albino Indian Child, as White as Snow,” &c.; WITH: A Printed Advertising Leaflet of Boynton’s Documentary Movie, Titled: “Jungle Trek: A Tale of Glorious Adventure, A Motion Picture in Natural Color”. Ca. 1930s.
Barber, George W. Album of 179 Photographs Showing the Philippines after World War II, Including Reconstruction Efforts by Weihe, Frick and Kruse (Group Portraits of Architects and Engineers, Construction Sites, Employees Working at Desks), Clark Air Base, Destruction of Manila (Manila Post Office, Legislative Building, etc.), Portraits of Filipinos, Street Scenes and Rural Life (a Parade, Oxen-Drawn Carts), etc. Ca. 1948.
Historically Significant Extensive Collection of 202 Loose Phototypes Documenting the Construction of the Central Section of the Amur Railway (1910–1914), and Showing Convict Laborers Working in Harsh Conditions (Earthworks, Bridge Construction, Quarrying), Local Children from a Railway Orphanage Posing with their Teacher, Hired Workers Drinking Before Departure Home, etc.; also, with the Views of Newly Built Railway Stations (Taldan, Gonzha, Magdagachi, Tygda, Ushuman, Tu, Chernyavo, Gondatti, Ledyanaya, Alekseevsk), Early Work Equipment (Trucks, Ballast Trains, Hand-Operated Drilling Rigs, etc.), Emerging Towns & Villages (Alekseevsk, Gondattievo), and Penal Infrastructure (Barracks & Camps). Ca. 1910-1914.
Leytsinger, Yakov Ivanovich (1855-1914). Collection of Six Original Photograph Views of Arkhangelsk, Solovetsky Monastery and Mezen City on the White Sea. Ca. 1890.
Collection of Eighteen Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and Two Real Photo Postcards Taken and Collected during the Czechoslovak Legion’s Revolt against the Bolsheviks in Siberia and Russian Far East in the 1910s-1920s, Showing the Legion’s Defense of the Krasnoyarsk Bridge, Soldiers Posing at the Site of a Train Collision in Yekaterinburg, Czech Militaries and Hussites Celebrating the Overthrow of the Soviet Power, Soldiers Awaiting the Evacuation from Vladivostok, etc.; also, with a Photo of the Destroyed Ononsky Bridge in Manchuria in 1918. Ca. 1917-1929.
Album with Fifty Original Gelatin Photographs of a British Merchant Ship’s Early Cruise through the Black Sea & the Mediterranean, Showing Constantinople (Istanbul), Odessa, Pompei, Venice, Bagnara, Livorno, Petras, Nice, Santander, Henaine, Bona; also, with the Photos of Arkhangelsk, Dartmouth, Hull, etc. Ca. 1900s.
Album with 130 Original Photos of the 1939-1940 Soviet Oil Exploration Expedition to Nordvik Bay, Showing the Expedition Base Camp (General View, Bathhouse, etc.), Construction Works (Rotor No 2), Team Members (Including the Compiler and his Wife), Equipment (Boiler Room, Rotor Drilling Rig, Oil Drilling Rigs, etc.), and Infrastructure (Meteorological Station, Tankette, etc.); also, with the Photos of a Local Fire, Funeral of Deceased Explorers, Rallies, and Native Yakuts; titled: Alʹbom dlya malyuvannya [Album for Drawing]. Ca. 1939-1940.
Collection of 26 Large Early Loose Albumen Photographs of the Casamance Region in Southern Senegal, Showing Premises and Operations of “Compagnie Commerciale et Agricole de la Casamance” on the Carabane Island, in Ziguinchor, Mangacounda, Sédhiou, Karantaba, French Catholic Mission on the Carabane Island, Portraits of French Customs Officers, Native Workers, and Diola People from the Upper Soungrougrou River. Ca. 1890s.
Album of 113 Vernacular Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Solomon Islands (US Soldiers, the Wrecks of a Japanese Submarine and Yamazuki Maru, Japanese Troop Transport), Guam after the Battle of Guam (Inarajan (St. Joseph’s Church), Umatac (Umatac School, Outdoor Library, San Dionisio Church), Portraits of Chamorro People), and Portraits of Melanesians (Likely Ni-Vanuatu) in Traditional Dress, etc. Ca. 1940s.
Album of 20 Albumen Photographs Showing Barberton, Including Town Views, “Harvey Greenacre & Co” Store and Employees, “Market Square,” “Woodbine Mine,” and “Moodie’s Dam,” etc. Ca. 1890s-1900s.
[Burton, F.] Album of 143 Original Amateur and Studio Albumen and Gelatin Silver Photographs of Cape Colony, Showing Cape Town (House of Parliament, the Original St. George’s Cathedral, Adderley Street, the Castle of Good Hope), Suburbs of Cape Town (Claremont, Newlands, Tokai, Muizenberg, Simon’s Town, Kalk Bay, etc.), and Environs (Table Mountain, Lion’s Head, Cango Caves, Knysna Forest, etc.). Ca. 1897-1902.
[Ott, Adolph] (1873-1953). Album of 24 Gelatin Silver Studio Photographs of Johannesburg, South Africa, Showing Street Views (Pritchard St., Market Square, Commissioner St., Rissik St., Harrison St., Kirk St., and Jeppe’s Town), Jumpers Deep Gold Mine, Robinson Deep Gold Mine, etc. Ca. 1905
Pollard, F.E. Collection of Thirty Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Gold Mines and Refining Plants of the Witwatersrand Gold Fields around Johannesburg. Ca. 1900.
Interesting Collection of Twelve Albumen Photographs Documenting an Early Cruise by Steamship from Guayaquil, Ecuador to Lima, Peru with Stops in Peru Along the way. Ca. 1890.
Historically Significant Album with ca. 310 Gelatin Silver Photographs, Including Two Studio Portraits and ca. Twelve Printed Postcards, of Mostly Philippines, Taken by an American Naval Wife Before the Japanese Occupation, Showing Igorot Women Dancing, a Filipina Street Merchant, the Bustling Yanko Market, San Roque Street with Iconic Shop Signs (Budweiser, Coca-Cola, People’s Store), a Floral-Adorned Funeral Car, and the Compiler’s Evacuation on SS Washington; Also Showcasing Landmarks in Manila, Cavite, Malolos, and Antipolo, Along with Scenes from Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Singapore, India, the Holy Land, England, Germany, and Scotland. Ca. 1939-1940.
Skeen & Co. (fl. ca. 1860s-1920s); The Colombo Apothecaries Co. LTD. (fl. ca. 1880s-1890s); Scowen, Charles Thomas (1852-1948) & Others. Album with 77 Original Albumen Photos of Sri Lanka, Showing Colombo, Kandy, Portraits of Market Sellers, Tea Pluckers, Buddhist Monks, a “Kandian Chief,” a Female Musician, a Snake Charmer, &c., Titled: Der ferne Osten. Ca. 1890s.
Skeen & Co (ca. 1860s-1920s) & others. Album of 12 Albumen Studio Photographs of Colombo, Showing Its Harbour and Breakwater, Chatham Street, Mount Lavinia, Kelani River Pontoon Bridge, a Hindu Temple, a Religious Procession, etc. Ca. 1890s.